"Causal Argument from two Perspectives: Thomas Aquinas Viewpoints in comparison with Allameh Tabatabai's Thoughts"

The concept of Casualty or the Causal Argument is a concept that draws attention of the philosophers over the time. Among those who consider the causal Argument is Thomas Aquinas, a famous philosopher of the Scholastic era. Among contemporary Muslim philosophers, Allameh Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaee, has also worked on this concept.The aim of the paper is to study around the concept of casualty through the window of Aquinas on the one hand, and that of Tabatabaee on the other hand. The goal of the paper is to have a comparison between the ideas of the two thinkers. Since Aquinas looks at the Causal Argument as a tool to prove the existence of God, the comparison is around this issue as well. The attempt of the paper is to find out whether there is a commonality in this subject between Aquinas in thirteen century and Tabatabaee in the current century.